Parallels Between Hogwarts & Deaf Schools
As a true Harry Potter fan, this video made my day. I hope you enjoy it too.
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Ethical Choices: Educational Sign Language Interpreters as Change Agents
The article Ethical Choices: Educational Sign Language Interpreters as Change Agents is such a refreshing look on educational interpreting. I found myself agreeing with so many points in this article and even more helpful was an outside source giving me “permission” to make some of the choices I do in the classroom. In the article, Doug Bowen-Bailey, suggests that interpreters should not only avoid the “invisibility/conduit model” but in situations that involve a power-imbalance (K-12 especially) this model can be detrimental. Bowen-Bailey provides rich examples for what this can look like, such as teaching the Deaf-student how to play a game all the other kids know how to play (instead of standing back wishing the teacher would help them). He also suggests taking advantage of tools being used in our profession such as the Demand-Control Schema and Supervision Sessions! I believe this dialogue about educational interpreting is so valuable and I can only hope it continues.
Ethical Choices: Educational Sign Language Interpreters as Change Agents
Another related article that is a wonderful read is:
Sign Language Interpreters in Mainstream Classrooms: Heartbroken and Gagged
Arkansas Bill To Ensure Qualified Interpreters
Senate Bill 442 has been proposed to ensure interpreters for the Deaf and hard of hearing are licensed and qualified.
Interpreter for the Deaf Bill- KATV
Read the Bill 442
Photo Exhibit in St. Louis Focuses on the Deaf Experience
“A multi-generational group of people with ties to the Deaf Empowerment Awareness Foundation are both the subjects and photographers for a new University of Missouri–St. Louis exhibit. Participants included St. Louis-area deaf and hard-of-hearing people, American Sign Language interpreters and teachers who work with deaf students.”
PPRC photo exhibit focuses on DEAF Inc.
The Universal Language Is In Our Minds
UC Berkeley linguistics lecturer Patrick Boudreault, who is deaf, explains that language is a fluid thing that’s not just spoken. It’s something universal that happens in our minds, whether it’s communicated with our hands or our voice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pQtrPpkCRBM
A Few Thoughts on the Use of Social Media by Interpreters
“Don’t throw professional values out the window when you’re having a good time online”, this article states. Although written by the International Association of Conference Interpreters, a spoken language interpreter blog, this article provides helpful information that applies to sign language interpreters as well. They discuss the do’s and don’ts for professional and personal use of social media.
A few thoughts on the use of social media by interpreters
ASL Club hopes to cultivate speaking, signing interaction at the UO
An article about ASL Club at the University of Oregon.
ASL Club hopes to cultivate speaking, signing interaction at the UO
Pro-Tactile Vlog #2 Is Here!
The first PT Vlog has over 15,000 views! Lets keep up our support for the Deafblind community by sharing this very valuable information with everyone we know! Their second video focuses on back-channeling in tactile communication.
They also have a website which is still being developed: www.protactile.org
Researchers document distinctive Hawaii Sign Language
A research group at the University of Hawaii at Manoa announced Friday that they had documented — for the first time — Hawaii Sign Language, or HSL, which deaf people across the islands’ diverse ethnic groups have used for decades if not longer.
Researchers identified about 40 Hawaiians who still use it — interviewing 19 of them, plus two adult children, on four islands for their study. But they are all 80 years of age or older, making it imperative to act now in order to preserve it before it’s too late.
Read more information at CNN.com:
Researchers document distinctive Hawaii Sign Language
Sign Language Interpreters and the Quest for a Deaf Heart
This article by Betty Colonomos focuses on interpreters and having a “Deaf heart”. She includes view points from others in the field, one of which touches on Educational Interpreters:
“Gina Oliva, in her challenge to us in, Sign Language Interpreters in Mainstream Classrooms: Heartbroken and Gagged, boldly brings forth the role played by sign language interpreters in mainstream education and the significant impact this has on future generations of Deaf people. We have remained silent for too long about our part in harming deaf children and their potential for successful lives. We have allowed interpreters to present themselves as adequate language models and carriers of negative views of Deaf people. We have done little to admit to this injustice and have put our needs for employment above the lives of innocent children.”
A strong statement. Read the full article: